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In 1998, the Society of Akumal´s Vital Ecology, a grass roots not-for-profit organization, was created in an effort to protect the fragile and most valuable natural resources in central Quintana Roo, Mexico.  Akumal, in particular, offers to the world a delicate and unique interconnected ecosystem, containing a fresh water filled cave systems gently flowing to the sea, a thriving coastal mangrove, the sandy beach bluff, and most important, the fringing Mesoamerican Reef.

 

Our mission is to keep our unique and fragile ecology safe from the dangers of unsustainable development, for our children's futures, and their children´s children. SAVE today is proving that with determination, changes can be made.











Cenotes

    Nancy DeRosa diving a cenote




    When Spanish conquistadors and explorers first reach the Yucatan Peninsula they were all intrigued by the strange ecology of the terrain, which appeared to have no rivers. They were soon to discover that rivers did actually exist, but were in fact underground, with the Peninsula now recorded as having eight out of the ten longest underwater cave systems in the world...Read more

Sea Turtles

    A Sea Turtle





    Sea Turtles have swum peacefully through the world’s oceans for millions of year. Sadly, however, these beautiful reptiles are now threatened with extinction due to hunting, capture in fisheries, coastal over-development, beach degradation, and marine pollution. Sea Turtles, except for the short time that they climb on the sandy beaches to dig nests and lay their eggs, spend their time...Read more

Mangroves

    The mangroves are an irreplaceable part of the ecosystem ...





    Mangroves are woody trees or shrubs that found in coastal habitats in swamps, forests and plant assemblages (mangals). Mangrove plants are found in depositional coastal environments where fine sediments, often with high organic content collect in areas protected from high energy wave action. Mangrove plants are a diverse plant group, which are able to exploit a habitat... Read more